President tells Guterres of need for new talks initiative

A new initiative needs to be undertaken so as to avoid the mistakes of the past when it comes to negotiations on the Cyprus problem, President Nicos Anastasiades told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during their meeting on Friday.

Speaking to reporters after the 10 minute meeting which took place in New York, Anastasiades said it had been a very constructive conversation that discussed how efforts to find a solution could continue.

“I expressed the readiness on our part to continue the efforts of resolving the Cyprus problem on the basis of the parameters Mr. Guterres presented in Crans Montana without ignoring relevant UN resolutions and the principles and values of the EU, with the aim to create a sustainable, functional and normal state.”

Anastasiades said he had told Guterres a solution should be financially and politically viable, functional and lasting and that the UN security council members as well as Guterres himself could have a critical role in preparing for a new initiative that could help avoid the mistakes of the past.

After the collapse of the talks in Crans Montana, a series of confidence-building measures would be beneficial to improving the climate, such as the return of Varosha to its legal residents and clearing the issue of missing persons, he said.

“I stressed that is necessary for the Turkish side to clarify if, firstly, it adopts everything outlined in UN resolutions as a basis for a solution, and secondly, but equally importantly, the extent to which it accepts the positions of principle as outlined by the secretary general.”

Anastasiades condemned the decision announced by the Turkish Cypriot side earlier in the day to charge customs duties on aid to Greek Cypriots in the north and said he was positive after the meeting with Guterres that there would not be any change in Unficyp’s presence on the island.

Anastasiades said he reiterated to Guterres that nothing is considered agreed unless everything is agreed.

“The proposals I submitted in Crans Montana do not apply as Turkey insists on maintaining the Treaty of Guarantees, intervention rights and a permanent presence of a Turkish army in Cyprus.”

The Cyprus problem does not seem to be a priority for Turkey right now and thus “any thoughts of a plan B are postponed.”

The two also discussed the report being prepared by the UN good offices to be presented to the UN security council.

Anastasiades said he will be briefing members of the national council next week on developments during his visit in New York.

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was set to meet Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu at 1:30am Cyprus time (6:30pm in New York) on Saturday to evaluate the next steps to be taken after the collapse of the talks in Crans Montana.

Following Anastasiades’ meeting with Guterres, he had a working lunch with the members of the UN security council.

Cyprus’ delegation met earlier in the day with UN Under-Secretary-General for political affairs, Jeffrey Feltman while Anastasiades had a chance to discuss with US Vice President Mike Pence, the difficulties in finding a solution to the decades old Cyprus problem and the help the island was expecting from the US to help resolve it.

“Mr. Prence expressed his satisfaction in the determination we show and highlighted the USA’s commitment to help find a solution.”

Anastasiades also met with British PM Theresa May and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov who extended an invitation to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, mid-October and discussed how to further already excellent relations between the two countries.

He also met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi.

And what is he hoping to discuss in Moscow?Maybe ask for some more money to avoid another ‘haircut’ once the election is over or even to send us some S 400’s like Turkey are buying, but on credit as we have no money to pay for them !!

Martin Standage

They never tell us what Guteres said to Nic in reply???Probably something like ‘you have to go now because each leader is only allowed 10 minutes and we have to be fair to everyone!But I will think about what you said,along with a million other problems I have to deal with, etc etc?”

antonis/ac

With an army of 800,000 as large as the whole Greek Cypriot population and 40 miles away from the island, only a fool would believe the Turkish myth that Turkey needs to be a guarantor and have troops on the island in order to deter an alleged attack on the Turkish Cypriots. Following are Islamo-fascist Turkey’s true objectives: 1) To promote and spread Islam on the island; 2) To control the island for geo-strategic reasons. It is needless to mention that Erdogan and his Islamo-fascist thugs who rule in Ankara are Islamists first and then Turks.

HighTide

As usual, your post if full of baseless speculations to satisfy your hate of everything Turkish. I have news for you: Turkey already controls the island in a geopolitical way. There is no need for further action. The TRNC is a secular republic and will remain so. You have to look for other ways of throwing dirt. Start with your black frocks in the South.

antonis/ac

For a Turk you seem to know very little of what is currently going on in your country. Start reading: Soner Cagaptay (2017), “The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey,”; David Phillips (2017), An Uncertain Ally: Turkey under Erdogan’s Dictatorship.”

HighTide

Everyone who responds to you is a Turk? Are you for real? Obviously not. There is political literature to satisfy each and every possible point of view. You read what you wish to believe. Whatever happens in Turkey has no wider relevance to the TRNC. Turkey’s policy on Cyprus has been the same long before Erdogan’s rule and there is no indication that it will change anytime soon. If you wish to carry on with Turkey bashing, there are so many other media to satisfy your needs. Here we are concerned with Cyprus.

SOKRATIS

If you are so concerned with Cyprus then you should surely be concerned with the illegal occupation of Cyprus by Turkey. You only though show concern for Turkey. This is food for thought.

HighTide

If there was an illegal occupation of Cyprus, concern could be justified. Alas, the current situation, as you well know, is a ceasefire after the illegal coup attempt of your motherland in cahoots with Greek Cypriots gangsters.
Now that is food for thought.

Phytos Perdios

This is not, ‘food for thought’. This is hypocricy!!

SOKRATIS

I see that antonis/ac is always getting under your skin High Tide a.k.a Braveheart . You asked for it. This is food for thought.

HighTide

You are deluded. Silly posts warrant nothing but a proper rebuke. No reasonable reader takes it serious in any other way. With all your food you must have stomach problems.

Phytos Perdios

High Tide and Evergreen. Two of the same trolls, who dispute every argument put forward as ‘delusion and other parrot like words’. Who believes you???

Evergreen

I see!

HighTide

Who believes you? Check your up votes.

Evergreen

The commentator seems a case of reincarnation.With a new name.

HighTide

Definitely.

Evergreen

I see?

Evergreen

Instead of such irrelevant diversions, you need to read the Constitution again.Turkey is still a Guarantor.

Phytos Perdios

Evergree, fill in an application, with High Tide, to become joint ‘Guarantors’ of Cyprus. Turkey is not, for as I said above, Turkey does not recognize Cyprus as a Country, AND, they claim the the RoC is ‘defunct’. So, how are you a guarantor of a defunct Country, I don’t know!! Do you????

Phytos Perdios

I can hear words like, ‘deluded, silly, not reasonable, not serious…..’ a lot of indeterminate and abstract BS coming from them reactionary Turkophiles.

Evergreen

why don’t you ask your president to amend the constitution and remove Turkey from the “status” of a guarantor?

SOKRATIS

You need urgent psychological help. Turkey is no longer a guarantor but an illegal occupier of a European state. This is food for thought.

Evergreen

Turkey is a ‘Guarantor”.

Phytos Perdios

They cannot be, according to their logic. Turkey says, ‘The RoC is defunct’. So., how can they be ‘Guarantor’ of a ‘defunct’ State. One cannot accept one without the other. But then, Turkish Logic is different!!!

Muffin the Mule

The bird has flown Nik.

Roc.

what part do you not understand,it make no difference to the GC’s if you want peace or not, he doing it because he is the prezzy of the ROC and is bound to try, if the TC’s or Akinci do not want to talk, so be it, Who cares.

cyprus observer

You know why. How can you negotiate with someone who says zero troops on day 1? Your president is an amateur negotiator.

Evergreen

Indeed. He failed the negotiations because of lack of seasoned diplomatic skills.

Phytos Perdios

If they had, ‘lack of diplomatic skills’, as you are saying Turkey would have walked over them. They did not. Conclude yourself of what you are saying.

Phytos Perdios

Because ‘Nik’ wants a Sovereign Country, from day 1. How can you have a legal Sovereign Country, with somebody else’s army breathing down your neck. Cyprus was conned by the Brits, in the 1960, and kept their ‘Sovereign Bases’. That’s a mistake NOT to be repeated!!

Evergreen

True.

E.K.

A picture is worth a 1000 words !

Roc.

EK you equate to only to about 22 words, is that the best you can do?

E.K.

Need I say more ?

Roc.

if you taking the effort to come on CM and rant, then try add more input.

E.K.

This is not a rant this a Quote !

Roc.

splitting ends does not change the facts you not really contributed anything, fine thats your prerogative.

E.K.

I have not been contributing just reading your garbage most days, meaning there is no point to contribute to your deranged ways. When you have something good and constructive to speak about maybe I will add more input..Fair enough ?

Roc.

Then I suggest go and read comics, if you cannot stand your own and give your opinion and just want to slag off whats written that says what you are. and you need to look at what your did write because it makes you a hypocrite.

“I have not been contributing just reading your garbage most days,”

“A picture is worth a 1000 words !”

E.K.

LOL your comments are 100 times better then reading comics I laugh all day long I cant even reach the keyboard to type thus being the reason I do not contribute.
All I did was post a quote I did not start a conversation with you..
Good after Morning !

Adge

You mean ‘Hairs’

Roc.

that too 🙂

Frustrated

He would probably mean ‘hares’.

Oh Come ON!

Do you mean 22 letters?

Roc.

Thanks for the correction 🙂

almostbroke

Mr A would need to get past the fact that the tiny minority ,of which he is a menber , forget about ruling over Greek , Turk and foreigner as their personal feifdom. The Cyprus is not a personal ‘money creating machine ‘ to make the ‘few ‘ even more wealthier than they are.

Evergreen

Well said.

Roc.

Trying replying to my rant?

Roc.

What difference does it make, the South is not in desperate measures, like I said before he is bound to look for peace because he is the president of the ROC, if the Turks do not want peace then so be it, least he cannot be accused of not trying.

almostbroke

Firstly , let me say in my opinion the Turks have long overstayed in Nt Cyprus , their ultimate goal is to make Nt Cyprus a province of Turkey. They are using the tactic of ‘protection ‘ for the T C minority and it would seem a logical step as the tiny minority of G C s in charge in the South have not abandoned the idea of an all Hellenic elite minority ruling Greek , Turk and Foreigner alike , sharing with anyone would be an anathema to those people , coupled with the fact they still yearn for enosis with Greece . They are content to Lord it over the ‘2/3rds ‘ at present , so the status quo is fine . Two different agendas from both Greek and Turk , the Cypriot people ? Ah sure they don’t count !!!!!

Roc.

The majority of Gc’s do not want a Hellenic state,of course your get your idiots like Elam but farmer days of pre 74 are over, ROC is what it is, Cyprus has and is a sovereign country is in the EU, thats the closest we get with Greece and does not need Greece, as to the TC’s should not need Turkey,

almostbroke

Then why is the country flying the Greek flag , using the Greek national anthem , ( the poorest , most backward country on the planet , has its own National anthem , celebrating Greek public holidays , as I have said many times , you cannot be ‘half pregnant ‘ , either become a province of Greece or really become an independent sovereign country the Republic of Cyprus but not both !!!!

Evergreen

Greece does not own Cyprus as their province. Here lies the real problem.

almostbroke

E – there are a lot of G C s who would like it so . even the ‘few ‘ who run the country as their personal A T M machine cannot resist pandering to Greece !

Evergreen

“I stressed that is necessary for the Turkish side to clarify if, firstly, it adopts everything outlined in UN resolutions as a basis for a solution, and secondly, but equally importantly, the extent to which it accepts the positions of principle as outlined by the secretary general.” an unnecessary comment when he was given just ten minutes time.

HighTide

Anastasiades wants to avoid ‘past mistakes’. His own?

Frustrated

Anastasiades is truly deluded.

The photograph above the piece tells a thousand words with Guterres adopting a pose of utter disinterest and disdain. And rightly so.

Evergreen

A refined observation.

Roc.

You speak that its desperate measures, let me remind you as the president of the ROC he has a duty to still try and open peace talks, as to desperation your are clouding your judgement, the GCs have no worries if Cyprus stays as it is for the next 43 years, The TC’s need to take their finger out and decide if they want peace, they have two options, stay as you are or become a province of Turkey. so all this Deluded stuff should be directed to Akinci, because no peace nothing moves in the North.

Frustrated

Naturally, the GCs have “no worries if Cyprus stays as it is”.

Let’s ever so conveniently forget the €10 billion owed to the Eurogroup; the €2.5 billion owed to the Russian Federation; the 37% of the Republic’s land mass lost to Turkey; the plight of the 160,000 GC refugees, of whom I happen to be one, and their heirs.

You’re as deluded and irresponsible as Anastasiades.

almostbroke

He is one of those who would be ‘fawning ‘ over the President when he arrives at ‘whatever ‘ village or town , the pres , having to ‘lower’ himself into ‘pressing the flesh ‘ and ‘posing for selfies ‘ in order to get the votes , if the ‘few ‘ could come up with some devise where they could dispense with vote ‘buying ‘ altogether , that would be a good days work . Democracy in Cyprus is a mere ‘fig leaf ‘ the minority have it all sewn up since the foundation of the State .

Evergreen

Well said .

Roc.

Fact one: Many European countries are in debt, that nothing new.Cyprus will continue you pay its debt till its balancing the books.

Fact two: pre 74 Greeks lost nearly 30% land mass,and people were displaced and all income virtually came to a standstill because Cyprus was predominantly being a Agriculture exporter. in 43 years Cyprus changed that round. what I’m getting at is the Greek Cypriots are survivors we been in these predicaments for centuries after countless of invasions and guess what we still here.

So if a Greek refugee as am I, then you know what I wrote is right

As for any President of the ROC. like him or not, you have to understand bowing to Turkey and her demands just for the sake of peace is unacceptable to nearly all Greek Cypriots. so I do not understand what your trying to say.

almostbroke

What is a Greek refugee doing in Cyprus ? Did you offend the Greeks ?

Roc.

explain you lost me?

almostbroke

You wrote ‘so if a Greek refugee as I Am ‘ or do you mean you are a Cypriot who is Greek speaking and a refugee !

Roc.

My apologies yes, Greek Cypriot , displaced from Achna

almostbroke

So is ‘Frustrated ‘ displaced from Famagusta !

Roc.

Ask him, and if you want to micro word things , then let me put in contents, I was forcefully displaced by the Turkish army leaving my belongings and home and land.
to seek shelter and become a refugee in my own country.

You want to comment on that, or are we going to go around in circles?

almostbroke

Sorry I left out a comma after ‘Frustrated ‘ .

Evergreen

and you presume other refugees were given time and a notice so that they could prepare their suitcases? What bull dust you are talking about. Every refugee and every effected person in the respective areas suffered whether it was a coup of 15 July 1974 or the consequent invasion on 20 July 1974.

Roc.

See what I mean about your fictitious beliefs to try and justify an illegal invasion, you are of a typical Anatolian mindset, just like a denier of the Armenian holocaust your trying to justly the same crap, Mate aint gonna work the invasion was planned down to the T for land grabbing and occupation, using the Tc;s as canon manure and guess what Turkey has succeeded in wiping out the TC’s Hope your happy.

Evergreen

You know very well that your irrelevant and doltish response is a camouflage to the pertinent truth,I mentioned in my comment.

Roc.

I do not need to lie, the facts are their to see in full view, The True Turkish Cypriots are a on a path of extinction and will becoming a Anatolian Cypriots, what in that is not true.

The whole goal of your invasion was to protect the TC, not wiping him out into another species.

Frustrated

Evergreen is neither a Turk nor a TC so it’s not HER “invasion”. In your eyes anyone you disagree with must be Turkish. Yet another example of your lack of logic.

Evergreen

Thank you Frustrated.

Evergreen

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” Robertson Davies.

You doubt even Frustrated who is a genuine refugee in South so what one can argue with you. You should consult some psychiatrist for coming back to a healthy life -free from hallucinations and this is my ” very sincere” suggestion.

Evergreen

It is a new trend. Many Cypriots have started calling themselves just “Greeks”. Funny as in all other countries citizens of Cyprus are called only and only Cypriots and citizens of Greece are called Greek. These two countries are distinctly known as two different countries on earth except here.

almostbroke

With no disrespect! did not a fat Greek Stalinists Foreign Minister hijack the talks on behalf of the Greek Cypriots !

Roc.

No, Nik made all the talking, taking advice from the fellow Greeks is not a problem, even if Akinci was to do that with Turkey would have not been a problem, but we all know poor Akinci was bounded and gagged in the back rooms, lets not forget who runs the North, in the tune of 600million in benefits and who runs the security, and it sure aint the Turkish Cypriots, pulling wool over the eyes of the world and the ROC that we have this myth that its the TC’s that run the North, well we might as well start to believe that Pigs can fly.

almostbroke

Did he take any advise from felllow Cypriots ? I don’t think so , he let the Greek Commie call the shots . That’s the problem with GCs they are ‘wanna be Greeks ‘ !

Frustrated

Firstly, using the deflection excuse by pointing at other countries doesn’t detract from Cyprus financial woes.
Secondly, Cypriots lost 376% of the land mass. Not Greeks. The Greek coup of 15th. July 1974 was the catalyst for the loss.
Thirdly, in modern times Cyprus was NOT “predominately an agricultural exporter” as agriculture accounts for no more than 3% of the economy.
Fourthly, Anastasiades needs to negotiate and not stipulate ‘no troops”, a demand which was bound to be rejected by the north. No people would ever agree to unilaterally give up its defensive shield.

If you can’t “understand what I’m trying to say” and my four specific points as set out above, I can’t help you anyfurther.

Roc.

One: I told you that Cyprus is paying its debt, so nothing was hidden in my statement “Cyprus will continue you pay its debt till its balancing the books.”

Two:The Coup did happen and was quashed quickly, All TC’s were safe by the first round of the illegal invasion, Why was their a 2nd advance? that was land grabbing.
Also if this was on the pretext of safeguard the TC;s why was 1000s of Anatolian’s brought over to Cyprus, why is it now that the True Turkish Cypriot is being Assimilated into a Anatolian Cypriot something he never asked for and goes against all that was meant to be for this intervention in 74 to save the TCs for annihilation and now is systematically being done by Turkey????????

Turkish Cypriots are not in a position to over demand, you are a unrecognized entity in the north in the form of TRNC to which you have no legal basis in the world community, The myth you still live under that the GCs are a threat is a been very successfully propaganda story you been fed by Turkey who’s Goal was to assimilate the Turkish Cypriot into an Anatolian Cypriot, which they have near enough succeeded.

The no troops in Cyprus being Greek and Turkish have to be removed, if you cannot accept this, then fine it stays as it has for the 43 years.

If I not now made it clear to you, then I cannot help you any further, I stuck to facts. not like most Turkish Trolls here on CM that continue you give thier own personal views as factual or lie to gain a upper-hand.

Frustrated

I’ve tried my level best to be patient with you and exchange comments.

However, you continually fail to recognize that I’m not a TC or Turk and in the first sentence of your third paragraph lump me with them – yet again. Are you incapable of retaining information as I’ve revealed this to you on numerous occasions in these columns or are you truly unintelligent? You have to be one or the other or both as there’s no other explanation.

As for accusing others of being trolls, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

Roc.

Are you of a simple IQ ,because if you are let me come down to your level, I not mentioned you in the rant above, and I see how you nicely avoid section 1 and 2, Your reply carries no weight other than BS, its your conveniently way to sway of the subject because you have no case to answer, if you cannot bother to answer paragraph one and two then just admit it rather than make a fool of yourself.

Frustrated

I answered your first paragraph.

As for your second paragraph, it’s no use saying that the coup was quashed quickly and therefore everything could return as it was before. The genie was out of the bottle and that’s the end of it. For every action, there’s a reaction.

Roc.

So explain to me that if this was in savoir of the TC;s why is it now that they are fast becoming the minority in their own country, what is the difference if the end game was to keep the existence of the True Turkish Cypriots? or was it collateral damage that the True TC has now become a Anatolian Cypriot to whereby Turkey has a hold on Cyprus, Turkey intentional ethnically cleansed both the GC and TCs’ the big difference is we still exist as True GC’s with all our culture intacted that cannot be said for the TC’

Frustrated

I wouldn’t worry if I were you as to whether or not the TCs are a “minority” in the north.

The TCs I’ve spoken to would much prefer to be a minority of the Turks than the minority of the likes of you and I !

almostbroke

The poor man is bitter and twisted , as if he was the only one who was forcibly removed from their home and moved South . Sometimes , their is no logic in his arguments , he does from time to time come up with some logic , like all foreign troops Greek and Turkish should leave the ‘stage ‘ but if people not agree with his view , he is obsessed with referring to them as ‘Turks ‘

Frederic Harakis

I failed to understand the logic and point of all this. I have asked in the past which side accepted/rejected the SG’s proposals and I have not had any reply.
The other point is that reading comments from TCs seems to me that you were all glamouring and hoping for partition. Why did you not say so in the first place and save the mouthing out of all this regurgitating rubbish from both sides?

HighTide

It’s you who seems mistaken here. The Secretary General did not “propose” anything. This was never the role of the UN. Both sides tabled proposals that in the end did not meet due to Anastasiades insistence on ‘zero troops’. The commentator ‘Frustrated’ was very much in favour of a workable BBF in the past, only to be sobered by his leaders’ inflexibility to make reasonable compromises.
What we now can expect is partition to be cemented, and every realist sees it this way.

HighTide

It has to be added that the UNSG has set an agreed framework that should be used as a guidance for proposals tabled by the two parties on the island. He has never submitted a settlement proposal as such.

Frustrated

As I understand, the UNSG’s proposals are just that. Proposals. When it comes down to it, the UN are just facilitators and it’s to the parties concerned to ultimately thrash out a deal – or not.

I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve openly stated on this forum that I’m neither a TC or a Turk so I’ll repeat that fact yet again and hope that it gets registered. I happen to be a GC refugee from Famagusta so “I am not clamouring and hoping for partition”.

Frederic Harakis

I apologise profusely. I do know that you are not Tc or Turkish but my anger and frustration carried my thoughts elsewhere. I should have replaced ‘you were’ with
‘the Turkish Cypriots’. I am editing it right now in case someone else reads it

Frustrated

Acknowledged. And thank you.

Frederic Harakis

Yes but they come from an important ‘neutral’ source. You are aware of the saying that ‘whoever blinks first will be the loser’. So the SG called their bluff. I think both sides need a lot of coaxing and move away of their ‘grandstanting’. Even in an Anatolian bazaar there are eventual agreements. I think the differences are indeed minor.

Roc.

Spot on, its a self belief of theirs that partition is coming and they will be recognized
which we all know will not happen, its not happened in 43 years and does appear will in the next 43 years, but rather then stand up and face the facts that the Turkey has in a devious way for the last 43 years started to assimilate them into Anatolian Cypriots by flooding cyprus with Anatolians from Turkey, they have this pride of choosing to be assimilated rather than stand up and fight for their existence.

Its like a lemming jumping of a cliff, what has it achieved?

HighTide

Since I have blocked this lunatic long time ago, it saves me reading his utter nonsense whenever he posts.

Roc.

HT is a nationalist idiot that has on many occasions said in so many words that he see true Turkish Cypriots as collateral damage for his greater goal which is to unite Turkey with the North, now to most GCs’ he BS does not effect us, but to the true Turkish Cypriot, Beware this is what you created, by allowing Turks and Anatations onto your home, you allowed them to spread their ideology to the north, which will in the end assimilate you and banish you to history books.

I hope to all TC’s you very proud of letting the monster out to wipe you out.

Tina Adamidou

I am not a fan of Anastadiades but when the ‘missing’ is mentioned, it includes those missing from the 1960s

Sonar

So the missing previously to 1974 is disregard? The UN is not interested in this small island of bickering cousins

Jeremy Rigg

Picture captions, on a post card, to be received by the last day of the month.
Winner gets 10 minutes of Mr..A’s time explaining the Cy.Prob.

Barry White

Second place gets a half hour, tbird place……..

Ozay Mehmet

For 10 minutes, Mr. A spoke and Guterres listened…saying nothing it seems.
Some meeting….Mr. A must now feel on top of the world!

Oh Come ON!

Mr Anastasiades told, expressed, stressed and condemned a whole lot in his ten minute slot with Mr Guterres!! It does not say anything about any responses from Mr Guterres, though! Probably not enough time for him to get any responses in!! Probably no inclination I desire to respond to any of Mr Anastasiades’ regurgitated nonsense, either!

Oh Come ON!

One thing’s for sure, the man has no shame!!

Douglas

Business as usual is order of the day.

Benny bumble

The UN as critical role !!!!!!. How can that be, when they are liars and Turkophiles. Please Nik stop making yourself look a bigger clown, than you already are.

cyprus observer

What a waste of time and money.

Naci Rizaoglu

The UNSG was definitely evasive of Nik. Just look at the picture. It speaks thousand words. It says “not this lying Nik again”

Alexander Reuterswärd

Interesting to see how Guterres looks away when he shakes the presidents hand…

EGB

I think the look says it all, both looks in fact tell their own story.

Barry White

Since the diplomatic standard for non-essential meetings is 15 minutes, Prez Nik can rack up another personal and Cyprob accomplishment in having it noted that he received a 10 minute meeting with the clearly pissed off and disinterested Sec Gen.

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